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Speelstad Oranje

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Speelstad Oranje

Postby hansrubens » Tue May 12, 2009 11:08 am

Hi everyone,

This tripreport is dedicated to the most insane indoor themepark of the Netherlands "Speelstad Oranje" which is "Playtown Orange" in english.

The park is build in an old potato flour factory. The make-over happened in 1984-1985 and the place still breathes the same 80's style in fact it hasn't changed a bit since then.

Don't know if that is a good thing or not but at least there is free parking and the admission for an adult is only € 10,--.

I could stick with my sister who stayed on resort with her husband and four kids. So I had a free hotel and free admission. :)

I would call the place dangerous in a way. There were hardly any ride operators and all of the rides are packed together so many of the rides aren't fenced off and you could easily lose your kids out of sight. But then again the atmosphere was very relaxed and laid back. Anyway there is a credit... well for me it's a credit.. it's powered you know.

Maybe this tripreport will bring back memories to some of the Dutch and/or Belgian readers.

Enough of the blah blah on to the pics. (Part 1)
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The "factory" is situated in a town called Oranje.
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Front view
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View of the opposite direction.
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We stayed on resort in Pipodorp.
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The resort has some nice settings.
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One side of the pipowagen.
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On arrival I got this awesome wristband which gave me admission for two cool days.
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Back view of the factory.
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On my first evening we decided to eat in the buffet restaurant.
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Which was nice and only € 15 for adults.
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Foooood.
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The fooooood was pretty good.
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So we decided to eat here again on the next day.
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See they all enjoyed their meal.
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And an awesome themed bar.
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So talked enough about food right now let's head to the park. I guess this is the main entrance.
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Entrance for only €10
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And like I mentioned parking is for free.
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Cause the park is three stories high and things are bit confusing I'll start on groundlevel then work my way up through the building.
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First ride.
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Check out the speed of the ride.
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At the other side you can find a bunch of trampolines <---- is that proper english
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There are just a bunch of kids rides on the ground floor. Most of them are old fairground rides.
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Scooters. There are a lot of rides for the smaller children but most of the rides are unprotected like this one
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Parents supervise your kids.
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Horsie the ride.
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A small chairswing
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Which narrowly fits under the ceiling.
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Two more small rides on groundlevel.
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Draaimolen.
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and farmer the ride.
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Slides.
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Those slides were everywhere.
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It are just plain waterslides only without the water.
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They were faster then I thought.
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There are also some boat rides with unprotected water everywhere.
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Some POV shots
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I had to duck for the bridges.
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Pirate ship.
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It almost...
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had some airtime
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Another weird thing.... bumpercars for kids.
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Well that is not so weird I suppose....
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Except that those bumpercars didn't stop so when your kid want to exit the ride it had to run for dear life.
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Indian river.
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A boat ride for the small kids.
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Credit time....The Tornado. It was a bit dark in this part of the building and Larry sorry I forgot to take a picture of the ride sign.
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Train flashing by.
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Somewhat of an overview shot.
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Through the first turn.
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Can't do a tripreport without the blurry station picture.
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First turn. This was the only part where you can take pictures
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A better picture of the first turn.
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Around the second helix.
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Some of the theming
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Evil dragon.
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POV shot.
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The most disturbing ferriswheel I've ever seen.
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It is kind of cool that they put bumpercars on it.
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But the view is the disturbing part.
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Oh what a great view you can almost see the wall.
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There is still one part of the old factory around.
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That concludes the ground floor let's move on to the first floor.
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Let's see where is the staircase.
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OMG there it is.
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There isn't as much on the first floor as there is on the groundfloor.
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This 4x4 kids ride.
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And Het Griezelhuis.
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It was really...
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Spooky
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Well you get the idea.
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From the first floor we could get on the parks transport system.
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They are called Zeppelins.
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Which are man powered.
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Or in my case.. little girl powered.
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Some POV shots from the Zeppelin
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Some random theming.
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Something is wrong about this.
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There are some weird spots throughout the park.
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On top level you can find minigolf.
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There were some construction pictures of the coaster.
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Postby hansrubens » Tue May 12, 2009 11:18 am

(part 2)
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The factory complex.
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And after the make over.
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Even drink and food prices were okay.
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Time for a cigaret break.
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They have a real nice garden for the smokers.
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Down to the very last part of the report.
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In the last room there was this jumper and....
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The most insane flat ride i've ever done.
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Your'e strapped in this car with just a 3 point belt.
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Then the big tredmill starts rolling and when it reaches the right speed a light turns to green....
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You may pull the brake and travel with the tredmill to it's highest point and release the brake and so on and so on.... I don't have pictures of it when it cycled cause there was nobody to ride :( I will add a video. :)
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Postby Teacups Make Me Sick » Tue May 12, 2009 11:29 am

What an INSANE place!

In the farmer ride, are those real chickens under the barn centerpiece?

Except that those bumpercars didn't stop so when your kid want to exit the ride it had to run for dear life


That is just awesome, something you would NEVER find in the US.
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Postby hansrubens » Tue May 12, 2009 11:36 am

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I don't think that were real chicken. Otherwise those chicken must be 24 years old since no one would take care of them.

The couple in the next video were the only one who did ride the Flying cars that day.


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Postby BeemerBoy » Tue May 12, 2009 11:40 am

Cool report.

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Postby andyuk200523 » Tue May 12, 2009 11:56 am

I......................must..........................ride.............................that!!!!!!!!!

That has to be without a doubt the most awesome ride I have ever seen at a "ghetto" style family park!

Good job I am going to Holland in October, will have to remember this place!
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Postby jmicha » Tue May 12, 2009 12:08 pm

^^^That ride actually looks like a blast. Very simple concept with (most likely) amazing results. I'd love to ride a ride like that.
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Postby larrygator » Tue May 12, 2009 1:46 pm

Hans - thanks, been added to the Park Index

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Postby Airtime&Gravity » Tue May 12, 2009 2:30 pm

Nice trip report of a totally unique place.

Wow, it kind of looks like a ghetto version of Knuckleheads in the Dells. Both are built in old unique structures (Knuckleheads is in the old greyhound track), and both offer restaurants, rides, and a lack of ride operators. That said, if given the chance, I would visit that place as it looks like a cool little place, and that looping car ride looks like a lot of fun.
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Postby SharkTums » Tue May 12, 2009 2:56 pm

Wow, what an awesome little place!

I still don't understand why we dont' have things like this in America!!!!
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